THE BRITISH COLUMBIA APRIL, 19 65 Runner

PUBLI SHED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS VOLUME 2, NUMBER 2

Peter Parson. Photo h Hope Slide

Early Saturday morning January 9th, 1965; 'in ing out mainly in a south easterly direction and enormous land slide descended into the valley of the back up the north slope to a height of 100 to 200 Nicolum Creek about 13 miles east of Hope. The feet. The boundaries of the area swept by t he mud descending rock destroyed about two miles of the and slide debris are clearly visible along the south Hope-Princeton Highway filling up the bottom of side of the valley where the trees have been com­ the valley with rock and mud to depth up to 200 pletely removed' leaving a clean line marking its feet. The slide, consisting of millions of yards of path. rock, overburden and snow, descended from the top The immediate problem was to re-establish t he of the ridge of the 6,500 foot high mountains form­ Hope-Princeton Highway through the slide area and ing the north side of the valley. Outram Lake at the the situation was ably in hand by Jim Dennison, foot of the slide area was completely filled with slide Senior Maintenance Engineer, who stayed on the debris. The water and soft clay forming the lake bed job from early morning until late at night for .t he were displaced and projected violently up the oppo­ thirteen day period until the read was agai n opened site mountain side, and back into the vall ey spread- to traffic. (Cont'd on Page 2) SLIDE (Cont.) The job was tackled from both ends at the same time and active supervision of it was carried out by Al Slater, Regional Main­ tenance Engineer, Karnloops, and BobVeitch, District Superintendent from Merritt. Al Parkins was construction superintendent for the west end of the slide while Howard SUrline assumed the same responsibiUty for the east end where he was also assisted by Jack Chalmers, Maintenance Foreman at Allison Pass. Appreciation must also be ex­ pressed for the work of many others fro m both the district and regional personnel who gave readily of both time and equipment. Communications presented a special . problem and while arrangements were being made to establish a base radio station in the vicinity of the slide, Peter Elkington re­ Senior Maintenance Engineer Jim Dennison and Jack Chalmers. mained on the site and used his vehicle as a mobile radio base. A helicoptor was kept in constant service transporting men and ma­ terials from one end of the slide to the other. One of the problems encountered in the work was the very large boulders lacking in fine material, workmen finally resorted to the use of arnex powder to shatter these large boulders when drilling, blasting and catwork proved to be too slow. When the slide descended it gouged out soft material near the east end of the slide, when this soft material fell back it mixed with the slide material leaving pockets of this un­ stable material which were encountered in the road building. A creek on the opposite side of the valley was plugged by the slide and when the run-off water built up behind this 50 foot dam, workmen were taken in by helicoptor to blast a trench through the obstruction and allow the water to escape. About one mile of heavily timbered area had to be cleared to make way for the road. SO the struggle proceeded with bulldozers, jackhammers, c r usher s, graders, com­ pressors, shovel and dump trucks. Finding a suitable bed for a two lane gravel road over a muddled mess of rock and mud was no easy task, but it was effected in record. time by the use of the well proven recipe of wilUngness, co-op­ eration and good management. The fin­ ishing touch to a job well-done was the preparation of a parking lot with a capacity of several hundred cars for the sight-seers to satisfy their curiosity.

Steve Burg«.. and Al Parkin 2 THE ROAD-RUNNER Volume 2 April, 1965 Number 2 Minister's Message

Published Quarterly by Department of Highways-British Columbia 1690 Main St., North Vancouver Ray Baines-Executive Editor Arthur J . Schindel-Editor

Associate Field Ed it ors Paul Connors North Vancouver Adam Klos ter ' North Vancouver Da ve War dell " Burnside J . W. Morr is ' Nanaimo Pat Mactl arthy Courtenay Bill Ryan North Vancouver Lloyd Bur gess New Westminster Ritchie Harold ' ...... Oak Yard Ross Ellis Chilliwack Don MacSw een ...... Kamloops Mu rr ay Ram say Sa lmon Arm Murray Ra msay Salmon Arm Dave Bowm an ...... Revelstoke Al Desimone ' . Vernon Fred Evans Kelowna Pete Fuoco Penticton J ames Holmes Merritt Dave Roberts ...... Lillooet Denis Hill ., Williams Lake Dorothy Wilkins ...... Gran d Forks Bert Staite :' Rossland Bill Higgins ...... Nelson The approach of summer means the Fred Angrignon , New Denver approach of our busiest season for construc­ Irene Labelle ...... Creston Vince Smith Cranbrook tion and highway improvements. It also R. M. Boss , ...... FErnie means the annual influx of many thousands John Edgar , Golden of tourists to British Columbia. This some­ Bill Ingram , . . , Victoria times results in a clash of interests. When Steve Sviatko ...... ' Smithers our tourist bureaus would like to present Clyde Smaaslet Pouce Coupe Earl Lund Prince George British Columbia's best side to the traveller Pat Tondevold Fort St. John -bright, shining and smooth-we have to Pat O'Toole . . . , Terrace come along and rough it up a bit here and Al Park ...... Prince GEorge there. Our business is building and improu­ Al Limacher ...... Pri nce George ing roads and you can't do that without Geor ge Ha rper Quesnel George Kent Vande rh oof making a little dust. Pa t Dunn Burns Lake Roger McKeown Prince Rupert But the tourist business is everybody's business and we are as much in it as gov­ ernment travel bureaus and resort oper­ ators. We can help by easing things as R. R. Mascot much as possible for the traveller, by being courteous and helpful when we delay him Official Bird­ and dirty his car, but offering assistance and guidance when we detour him and by Arizona That completing ourjobs speedily and efficiently. A Jan uary, 1965 "Road Runner" was sent to Dave Gray, Kingman, Arizona. Dave used to be Radio Operator at Karn­ Tourists are big business in British Co­ loops One. In reply he sent us the attached picture of a Desert lumbia but even if they didn't spend a nickel Road Runner with the following note: "Dear friends, Thanks we in the Department of Highways should so much for the Road Runner which is ver y interesting to me, do our best to be good hosts and good and even more so to my southern friends. This card shows neighbors. the state Bird of Arizona, our brand of Road Runner, the real McCoy. Dave Gray." 3 The paint section is run by Rod offins o cried Research Jobs Darby. Here all paints to be used The Material s Branch first started as a two man team in 1952 at U.B.C. by the Department are evaluated each year for hiding power, viscosity, ap- Late r it moved to the basement of the Douglas Building. plicability and appearance and many In 1956 a br ight new building was other factors which are laid down by constructed at the corne r of Oswego the Canadian Standards Association. street and Kingston street to hous e both Mater ia ls and Tr affic Personnel and Paints are compared by subjecting laborator y equipment. Under the di­ them to artificial rapid weathering r ection of R.C. Thurber and C.O. treatments in two large box-like ma­ Br awner the Br anch grew into a body chines called the weatherometer and of about 80 men spending roughly the salt fog cabinet. $750,000. 00 a year. In addition to the laborator y In Victor ia there is a s mall er laboratory in eac h Region pre­ sided over by Regional Materia s En- meers: J . Montador in Vancouver, La r ry de Boer in Kam oops, Mario Mer lo in Nelson and Earl Lund in Prine Geor ge. The pr incipal duti es of the branch consist of investigati ng soil conditions E. E. Readshau: for br idge foundations , lands lides, and Senior Materials Engineer route locations, finding and testing the quality of gr avel deposits, inspecting the quality of mater ials such as con­ When soil samples and test hole cr ete curb and guard rarls, piles, logs from the drill crews arrive at culv ert ipe, paint and timber, and the laboratory, design engineers Andy attempting to solve odd problems such Reid, John Hvozdanski, Mike Nesbitt, Rod Darby at the uieatherometer as how to stop water leaks in tunnels , Frank Laronde, Don Mason arrange how to put new indestr uctible sur- for suitable tests to be carried out in Other materials suchas epoxy resins aclngs in br idges and how to det er­ the soil testing laboratory and pre­ and proprietry surfacing materials ar e mine how much fil l you can put over pare recommendations on what loads also evaluated by the members of the a metal culve rt without col lapsing it. can be carried by the SOil, how far paint section. piles have to be driven, what type of It would take too long to enumerate piles would be SUitable, or what pro­ all the investigations carriedout, some cedures should be adopted to prevent quite short, others stretching out over or cure landslides and fill slip-outs, years, being taken up and laid aside etc. as the occasion demands. The branch In the soil laboratory Tony Locke knows there is more work to do than and Bill Brand supervise tests. Tony time or manpower or money allows is head laboratory technician and is for, but if there is a problem they also the man to whom all «concrete" will have a stab at it. A measurement problems go. Most of the testing of in the lab, they say, may be worth concrete aggregates and the design several op1D1ons In the bush. of concrete mixes for the highway bridges and structures is carried out under Tony's direction and when con­ creting problems arise in the field he goes out to look and a d vis e remedial action.

Warren G orge) testing Boil.

At the Victoria aboratory, John Austin looks a ter six dia mond drill r igs and their crews , sched ling their work, sendi ng out instructions about wher e and how to drill, keeping track of the equipment needed, the cost per foot of dr ill hole and arranging for the hire of contract r igs and seis mic survey crews needed in addition to the depa rtment forces to kee p up with the de mands for information of the bridge and lac tion estgners, William Heppenstahl, testing paint. "DriUriBat HeU· Gate Canyon Bluffi . 4 • GEORGE DEAN BARLOW has b en ro 0 Ions promoted to Bridge Forem n Grade 2 PHILLIP L. LARGE, p. Eng., Resi­ at Prince Geor ge. Dean commenced dent Engineer at Burnside, has been work with the Prince Geor ge br idge recently promoted to the position of crew in Januar y. Prior to that he was District Engineer at Lillooet. Phil employed with the Quesnel br idge crew . ~ g raduated from the University of He has bee n with the Depart ment since British Columbia in the spring of July, 1957. 1962 and had previously work~d sev­ eral summers for the Department while MR. JI M CHENOWETH r ecently won completing his university studies. Phil through competition, the position of com menced with the Department on a District Office Manager at Burns Lake. full time basis in 1962 on the Engineer­ Prior to this he was Timekeeper In the in- Training program and was promoted Yale District. to Burnside as Resident Engineer in June 1964. GEORGE RICHAR EVANS ha en pro mo t e d to Assi stant M chanical Foreman 1 at Hazelton. Geor ge joined the Department at Vander hoof as Me- , chanic's Helper in September , 1957. Sydney E. Blanchard, formerly with He transferred to the P rince Georg e the B.C. Ferry Authority, has been shop in June, 1960. appointed Ferries Superintendent. Mr. Blanchar d replaces H.K. Gann who LAWRENCE VICTOR HARDINGpr e- . r etired recently. vtously a Heavy Duty Mechanic, was Mr, Blanchard was born in Victoria promoted to t he position of sistant the oldest of a family of two brothers Mechani c For eman,Grade 2, effective and a sister . His father, Syd Blanchard ~ February 1, 1965. Lawr ence com­ was with the B.C. Electric and went menced work with the Department in to wor with Pacific Lime Company October 1956 as a mechanic at- the in 1920 on Texada Island. Conse­ Prince George garage. On u st 1, quentl y, Ted was raised on Texada 1961, he was tr ansfer r ed as a Heavy Island wh ere he had his pub I i c Duty Mechanic to Por t Cle ments on schooli ng. In -htgh school he had to the Queen Charlotte Islands. Lawr ence stay with . relatives in Victoria and met his wife, Loal Jean, on the Queen attended Mount Douglas and 'Mount Charlotte Islands and they now hav Views The family moved back to a two year old daughter, Loal Victoria. Victoria in 1942. Even though this happy couple ar e After matriculation Ted joined the Navy for two years. On release he went building a new home, they sti ll find to sea in tug boats, coastal freighters then finally deep sea vessels. time to sear h for the many and var ied n 1958 the Americans left six ships up in the Arctic for Dew Line supply ­ sea shells and s mt- pr ecious stones .three of these were for Canadian civilians to live aboard. Ted was in charge of for which the Queen Charlotte Islands L.S. T. for three years and in the fourth year came in charge of a floating drydock are famous. to service the ships. He transferred to the B.C. Ferry Authority as a Chief Engineer in 1961 and has GEORGE p. LOBAY recently won, worked aboard practically all ferries. through competition, the osition of On March 1st, 1965, he was appointed Superintendent of Ferries for the Mechanic Foreman Grade 2 at the Highways Department. Ted holds a Fi rst Class Marine Certtficate and believes Grand Forks garage. Geor ge was ther e is a big future for the ferry system. He is looking forward to a tour of the Assistant For eman for over f1ve year s province and visiting all ferries in the near future, giving him a chance to meet and has been an emp oyee of the De­ to meet the personnel under his jurisdiction. partment since 1949. Ted is married and has two boys ages 10 and 12 who will be moving to Victoria when schooling can be arranged. EUGENE PROFILI, pr eviously an Though he is a seaman, his hobbies are strictly landlubber. They are land­ Auto Mechanic, was promoted to the scaping and woodworking. pos ition of Mechanic Welder at the Grand Forks garage, where he has been employed for the past five ye r s;

BERNARD LLOYD BERGSTROM, MR. J .0. SAWATZKY was promoted has won by competition, a promotion from Grader Operator at Rosedale, and transfer to the Department of in the Chilliwack District, to Road 4 Highways, Jaffray, B.C. as Road Main­ Mainte nance Foreman, Gr ade 2, on tenance Foreman 2. Bernie was born Texada Island in March, 1965. Jim in Sylvan Lake, Alberta, 37 years ago started with the Depar tment on Augu t and began working for the Department 6, 1954, at Rosedale. H and hi ·f of Highways at Allison Pass Camp, Dorothy have one son, Jim, and a December 1st, 1955. daughter, Lenora. J im is keenly in­ terested in the Boy Scouts and was Scout leader in Chilliwack. 5 NEW FACES IN NEW PLACES JAMES STEVEN, District Super­ MRS. SHERRY O'DONAGHEY, Re­ int endent for Lillooet for the lastthree gion 2 office secretary, recently left yea r s , has been transferred to Pouce Kamloops and moved to Vancouver, Coupe. Jim and his family will be only to turn up again under the lea der­ sorely missed in the district, and best ~ ship of M.G. Elston, Regional Highway wishes go with him to his new district. Engineer, North Vancouver , formerly Phil Large, for mer I y Resident of Kamloops , Ka mloops Regional High­ Engineer at Burnside on Vancouver way Engi neer J .W. Nelson is se en Island, will be taking Jim's place at presenti ng Sherry with a set of dishes Lillooet. on behalf of the members of the Kam­ loops office staff while Superintendent J .R. Krushnisky looks on.

Res ide n t Engineer, BRIAN(BAR­ NEY) KEANE, who has been with the Location Branch since 1951, and s erved in many par ts of the Province, is now engage d in location work on the Northern Trans- provin cia l Highway in the Prince Rupert a rea. With Barney in Prince Rupert, is his wife Jacqueline , and two daughters, Coll een and Shela gh,

HARRY L. GENSCHOREK, Mechanic Foreman, was r e c en t I Y transfer red from Allison Pass Camp to salmon On May 3rd, TED ARNOLDOUS re­ Arm. Harry, aged 41, has been con­ ports to work for District Superin­ tinuously employed by the Department tendent Pat O'Toole at Terrace as since August 2nd, 1948. Harry is successful applicant for the foreman married and he and his wife, Velma Beat Th.Spri l lIaw? position there. This will be some Jean, have four sons and two daughters. change for Ted who has battled the Hart Highway storm belt for nine years including the '63-'64 winter Presentations were made recently with its record 661 inches of snow. by North Vancouver District and Re­ Ted and his wife Vera have lived gional Offices to REGINALD Mc­ at the Departmental Camp at Honey­ MILLAN and BRIAN LUKYN who have moon Creek where they have won the their Headquarters in Gibso ns. Both friendship and respect of all. During were formerly loca ted in the Nor th her days as cook at the camp, Vera Vancouver District Office,Reg as Resi­ had the best reputation for food north dent Engineer and Brianas Engi nee ring of Texas. Aide. Reg has been with the Department since 1956. He was with the Surfacing D.N. CARRINGTON, Resident Engin­ Branch prior to transfer r ing to the eer, has moved to Chetwynd to District ·Office . Bria n joined the supervise the construction of a project Department last yea r . on the Ch etwynd to Hudson Hope Trying to beat the Spring thaw, crews in Quesnel ar e bus y laying 240 feet Highway. Starting as an Engineering GARY H. MARKO, Engineer Aide 2, of six foot pipe in Dragon Creek which Aide 1 in 1957, Neil was made a Resi­ has been transfer r ed to P roje ct No. will be cover ed and sloped at 4:1 to dent Engineer 1 in September 1963. 1491 at Chet w y n d fr om Pr oject No. stabilize the fill fai lur e. When com­ 1290. ple te d the repair will have used 1650 THOMAS L. COLE, Engineer Aide fee t of eight inch perforate d pipe for *** counter-for te drains, 340 fee t of eight 2, has been transferred from Region The prizefighter stagger ed back to inch round pipe, 320 feet of flume and 3, Castlegar, to Region 4, Prince his corner after taki ng a terr ific one­ 14,000 cubic yards of borrow material . George. He will work on Project No. sided beating for seven r ounds. "Don't Shown in photo above are emp loyees 1476, Willow River to Hungr y Creek quit now, boy," his manager whispe red Blyth Co tt e r and Charlie Schmidt on the Prince George - McBride in his ear , "you've got a no-hitter guiding a section of pipe in to be coupled. Highway 16. going." 6 Haggith Creek Tunne. Proiect Fort George District After two floods last year backed up water for a quarter of a mile behind a newly constructed fill, a decislon was made to install a culvert through the f111 by tunneling. The w 0 r k was scheduled for the winter months before flooding began. The fill was 270 feet wide at the tunnel point. The culvert was made up of 80 feet of seven foot diameter multiplate and 192 feet of seven foot diameter tunnel liner plate. Forty feet of the multiplate would be placed on each end by excavating with a half yard Unit backhoe. The poling plates were jacked ahead with a modified track j ack . Pins were used to hold the jack to the top of the tunnel. The plates were bolted together internally. Six plates made one ring. The bolts in the All the excavation in the tunnel was corrugations were squared and were held by hand with jackhammers and shovels. in place in square holes with spring clips. Concrete buggies wer e used to haul the damp clay material out of the tunnel but after the clay began sticking to the whe e I s, wheelbarrows were favored. Problem Rock Poling plates, six feet in length, were Removed jacked along the top of the culvert to prevent over burden from falling down. This uniqu e job has now been satis­ Jad hammers were used for breaki711/ clay factorily completed and the crew, with before loading into buggies. Note poling their newly acquired skills, are being plates at top of tunnel. utilized in the Prince Rupert area.

Two Trucks In Bridge Collapse

On February 1st, 1965, two trucks ended up in a pile of splintered timber, all that was left of the Halfway Bridge on the Hudson Hope-St. John road. The bridge was a Howe Truss constructed in 1938-39 and located at approxi­ mately Mile 24.5 along the Hudson Hope Road No. 102. This bridge was the major link between Hudson Hope and Fort st. John. About noon an error on the part of the semi-trailer truck driver damaged a vital member of the bridge, causing the structure to collapse. The dump truck driver just happened to be on the bridge at the time. One of the landmarks on No.6 Vernon­ To bridge the gap, a new pier was driven in the centre of the span and the Slocan Highway being eliminated by the Province was comb ed for Bailey material. Parts were brought from as far as Department's day labour force . This rock Cloverdale and Terrace. has long been a problem site because of The District was able to have an ice crossing provided in two days and the the 1000' drop to the Shuswap River be­ Bailey Bridge ready for traffic in ten days. low.

Halfway River BridBe Collapse. Baiky BridBe bei711/ erected. 7 In memory of the late D. R. McLeod, former Assistant Deputy A proud Frank Blunden, District Superintendent South Cariboo Minister, Mrs. McLeod has donated the above trophy for the District, posing with the newly awarded Safety Trophy while crest­ Lowest Accident Frequency rate among the 9 districts in Region fallen Jake Krushrusky, District Superintendent of Kamloops, 2-to be presented annually. beaten by a fraction of a percent in the race for the trophy looks on. Presenting trophy (left) is H. D. Francis} Regional Safety Two Escape Iniury-Receive Award Officer, Mr. Blunden, Mr. Krushinskyand Regional Maintenance On Wednesday, January 20, 1965, two Columbia District Engineer A. W. Slater. employees were presented with Gold Hard Hats-emblematic of an escape from serious injury or death, through use of Annual Safety Rally Omineca East hard hats. Friday, March 26th, 1965 marked the date of the Annual Safety Rally, held for all employees of the Omineca East Receiving the hats were J. L. "Jack" Henderson, Bridge District in the Vanderhoof Memorial Arena. Foreman, and K. G. II Ken" Coupland. Presentations were Highlights of the programme included two excellent films, made by the Regional Maintenance Engineer W. Merrill Sproul, one on the use of first aid for the layman, the other featuring Safety Officer for Region. safety haz ards during road construction projects. Mr. Hender'son was struck by a plank, which had flipped Speakers for the afternoon included the following: Pat into the .air after being run over by a truck. Dunn, Regional Safety Director from Burns Lake; also Les The plank struck Mr. Henderson on the head,. breaking Southwell, Workman's Compensation Board inspector of his spectacles, and causing pain in the back and chest, but Prince George; and Bill Low of the B.C. Government Em­ the accident would have been much more serious had he not ployees Association from Vancouver. Closing remarks were been protected by a hard hat. extended by District Superintendent George Kent. Mr. Low was winner of the door prize, an automobile Mr. Coupland was driving a dump truck which was in first aid kit. Refreshments were served at the conclusion collision with a transport truck travelling at highway speed. of the meeting following a showing of the highway color fi lm Mr. Coupland's head was slammed backward and he was on the construction of the Rogers Pass section of the Trans saved from serious injury or death only by the fact that Canada Highway, his hard hat struck the truck cab, absorbing most of the shock. A dent several inches long and over an inch deep was Langford Crew Rec ive C rtificat imprinted in the cab.

Left to ri6ht, George Lan6lands, Secretary Golden Safety Commit­ A-Bronze Certificate Award of Merit has recently been auiardea tee; Bob Higginson, President; Ken Coupland, Jack Henderson, to the Langford Maintenance Crew for having operated 54,786 w. M. Sproul, and Carl Shaw, District Superintendent. consecutive man hours without a lost-time accident. S Silver Safety Award Stewart Safety Conscious The Nanairno Islands Road Maintenance Crews received Under Foreman Robert MacLeod the Stew art road crew, a Silver Safety Award, a major achievement, as this covers presently in possession or a bronze safety plaqu e, have now a number of different crews who have all worked torether extended their safety record to 1100 days at time of writing: under the leadership if the following foremen: Nanaimo crew, which means they have been accident free since the present A. Birchard; Gabriola Island crew, J. Gillen; Thetis Island system of accident recording was instituted back in April, crew, R. Ringma; Salt Spring Island crew, W. Bates; Pender 1962. Their record is all the more commendable when one Is land crew, J. Aimes; Galiano Island crew, B. Stallybrass; considers the violence with which nature reacts in this scenic Mayne Island crew, F. Bennett; Saturna Island crew, L. but inhospitable terrain. Newsham. The photograph shows District Superintendent Bronze Award To Crew John Morris presenting the Award to Safety Committee Pe~ticton Chair man Lorne Slater. Road Maintenance Foreman F. S. Emerson and his Penticton District crew have won a Bronze Certificate Award for safety. The award was presented February 2, 1965 by Regional Safety Officer Harry Francis and District Engineer Philip Bishop. The crew, G. Bauder, F. Bell, R. E. Pappin, H. T. Skelton, H. C. Smith, and Mr. Emerson had operated 46,800 hours without a time-loss accident, from December 28, 1961, to October 31, 1964.

Left to right, front row, Mel Sabey, Harry Dawes, Lorne Slater, Left to right, District Superintendent H. F, Blunden; Jack Toop, Les Bagley, John Morris, back row, Fred MacKinder, Ernie Mal­ Chairman of Safety Committee 100 Mile House; Roy Pickles, 11W, Al Bichard, Gordon Coughtry. Chairman of Safety Committee Williams Lake; Mr. Slater and H. D. Francies, Regional Safety Officer. Region One Conference

At the March 18th safety meeting in Cloverda le, J. Graham, Bridgeman for five years on New Westminster District Bridge Left to right, back row, V. A. Drew, Regional Right of Way Agent, R. Milton, Resident Crew, was presented with a "Ten-on-Two" Bridge Engineer, J. Hynds, Paving Superintendent, N . W . Wells, Bridge and Patrol Super­ intendent, J. E. Steven, District Superintendent, Pouce Coupe, D. Page , Regional Traffic Safety Show Award for using safety shoes. Superintendent, A . G. Tranfield, Regional Location Superintendent, Roy Evans, Department In J anuary of this year Mr. Graham was of Education, R. W. Gittins, District Engineer, New Westminster, E. J. Garrett, Regional working on the decking of Canoe Pass Construction Engineer, W. M. Underwood, District Superintendent, North Vancouver. Front Bridge when the power saw he was using row, R. B. Gilmour, District Superintendent, Chilliwack, P. B. McCarthy, Assistant to kicked back and hit him across the toe of Senior Maintenance Engineer, J. W. Morris, District Superintendent, Nanaimo, J . A . his safety boot before the motor was stop ­ Dennison, Senior Maintenance Engineer, W. E. Mercer, Regional Maintenance Engineer, ped. Because of the safety toe, he suffered no injury. As can be seen in the photos, A . J. Schindel, Public Relations Official, A . L. Freebairn, District Engineer, Kelouma J .P. Hague, District Engineer. Burnside. . the merits of safety shoes are quite evident. 9 10-7 CLUB FERRIES CHIEF, H. K. GANN RETIRES A presentation was made to retiring A banquet and social eveningattended Ferries Superintendent H.K, Gann by by many of J.O. «Jack" Henderson's the Hon, P,A. Gaglardi, Minister, in friends in the Department of Highways, a ceremon y February 25 before the was held on Friday, March 19, in the Victoria staff. banquet rooms of the Legion Hall, Mr. Gaglardi thanked Mr, Gann for Golden. his long and efficient service and pre­ sented him with a car radio and a jig s aw on behalf of the Headquarters and personnel. Mr. Gann also received a remem­ brance book containing signatures of his fell ow employees, and his wife was presented with a corsage by Mrs. Vera Harris. Herbert Kenneth Gann was born in England in 1905 and the Gann family consisted of two boys and one girl. His father was a plumber and the family decided to emigrate to Canada when Ken was six years old. Th ey moved to South Vancouver in 1913. Ken attended Franklin School and Brittani a High and then Vancouver Technical School. At Vancouver Tech he took electrical engineering and on graduati on he worked as a stationary engineer on fish packers, freighters and log tow boats. Stationary engineer's tickets were not required in those days. He worked the boats 1920­ Head table guests with Mr. and Mrs. 1927 and then decided to stay ashore working in several ga rages throughout the Henderson were the District SUper­ Province. intendent and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. While working in a garage job in Revelstoke he was appr oached by O.P. Carl S. Shaw; former Columbia Dis­ Roberts, District Engineer, to help out in the government garage. They needed a trict SUperintendent and his wife, Mr. mechanic at Merritt and in 1928 Ken got the job under O.G. Gallaher, District and Mrs. George Austin, ofCranbrook; Engineer. He had a very large a r ea to cover - Harrison Hot Springs to Princeton, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Johnston, Cache Creek - all the Nicola Valley and up to Stump Lake, near Kamloops, of Athalmor, In 1934 he was transferred to Nelson as District Mechanic where he had After a feast provided by the Ladies three Districts, Nelson-Creston, Kaslo-Slocan and Rossland-Trall, District AUxiliary of the Legion, Chairman Tom mechanics also had the ferries and Nelson area had more than its share. Sime introduced Mr. Henderson's suc­ In 1951 Ken transferred to Victoria Headquarters as Ferries Superintendent. cessor as Bridge. Foreman, Mr. Harry In 1929 Ken married a Prince George girl , Margaret Nordeen. They have one Ball, who proposed the toast to the son , Gordon, who is now married and is Assistant Mechanical Foreman at Langford guest of honour. Garage, Presentation was then made of a Ken is an exc elle nt woodworker and thi s is his main hobby - but of course "two suiter" suitcase and a travelling he love s boatin g, fishin g and hunting and tinkering (at present he is working on case to Mr. Henderson on behalf of the five outboard motor s and three lightin g plants.) employees. A bouquet of flowers was The Ganns have a good ac reage on Pi ers Island With two summer cottages, presented to Mrs. Henderson, in com­ They would like to sell their residence at 350 King George Terrace and move to memoration of the maxim that 'Behind an apartment as a base, summer on Piers Island and winter in the South. every good man is a good woman.' In thanking the employees, Mr. Henderson brought to light several amusing incidents which had occurred Mr. GEORGE F. (TED ) during his long experience with the HEASLIP, Langford Road Department, extending back to 1939. Maintenance Foreman, re­ Best wishes on behalf of the De­ tired February, 1965, after partment were extended to Mr. and 35 years of continuous ser­ Mrs. Henderson by Carl Shaw. vice. Ted, a proud great grandfather at the early age of 60, has retired early MICHAEL (MIKE) LOYKO retired to spend more time chasing on March 10, 1965, at the age of 65, cougars around the Sooke after having served Terrace district steadily for the past 12 years. Mike hills. At a presentation at had previously spent several years in Langford on February 26th, Ted was presented with an the constructionof Highway 16, Terrace engraved wrist watch from to Pacific. Born in Poland in 1900, his fellow employees. he emigrated to British Columbia in 1925. He is an old time resident of these northern areas. With his wife, R. Busby presenting gift to G. F. Heaslip with he plans to enjoy his retirement in District Engineer J . P. Hague in the background. Terrace. 10 10-7 Clu b Cont'd North Vancouver District On Fe br uary 28th. 1965, MR. M. Foremen 's Workshop M arch 19, 1965 A. " MIKE"MIKKELSON retired after near ly 36 years of service with the Depa r tm ent. Mike com menced his em ployment on Apr il 1st, 1929, and has watched the Depa r tment of Public Works, of the horse-power and man power days , and it s gravel r oads to the modern De pa r t m ent of Highwa ys with its beautiful, scenic, blac ktop highways cons tr ucted and maintained by the most modern machines and equipment. Mike has also grown up with the Depa r tment, and has readil y adopted new methods as they came.Dur ing the evening of March 5th , in the Court House at Salmon Arm, Mike was presented with Left to right, front row, C. A. Arnold, R. M. Blake, W . E. Mercer, Regional maintenance a beautiful set of luggage by his co­ Engineer; W. M. Underwood, District Superintendent; H. M. McMillan, Resident Engineer; wor kers , which was ver y appropr iat e J . O. Hogue . Second row, F. Sch onwald, J . Winton, J . Sawatsky, E. Finlayson, H. Starck, C. R. Milne. Third row, W. M. A . Baker, J . M. Gurr, W. J . Wesslen, W . H. Ryan , District as he intends to t ravel in his well­ Offtce Manager; B. J Lukyn, J. Profili, H. G. Turner, G. Owen. ear ned lei su r e time.

ROY HAINES - Powe r Gr ader Op ­ Afte r 30 yea r s of s ervice with the Department, Mr . erator at Alexis Cr eek is r etir ing JOHN LEONARD VARLEY, Burnside Road Maintenance Fore­ at the age of 65 after 17 yea r s of man , retired this February. Len, already a seasoned trav­ continuous service with the Depart­ eller , decided to r etire early and he and Mrs. Var ley are men t of Highways at Alexis Creek, ~ commencing a round-the-world cruise in March. They are B.C. March 31s t, 1965, will be his travelling from Vancouve r by freighter through the Pana ma last working day with the Depar tment. Canal to England with various stops in the West Indies. They will board another ship for a cruise to Australia and New Zea­ land and then eventually back to this coast. A 'Bon Voyage' par ty and dinner At a brief ceremony on March 1st, Len was present ed dance was held a b o a r d the S.S. with a wallet well stuffed with pound notes from his fellow Carinthia, Mar ch 19th, 1965, to mar k employees. the r eti r ement of DONALD SMITH, Road Maintenance For eman in Van­ der hoof. John "Jack" Thomas, Building Ser­ The pa rty was attended by over vic e Worker at Que s nel r etired in eigh ty persons , gathe red to wish Donald February 1965 after having worked for and his wife best wishes for their the Department since 1949. coming year s of r eti r ement and forth­ Through Jack's efforts, Quesnel can comi ng tr ip Apr il 4th ba ck to their boast the nic est Department Office ~ native Scotland. grounds in the P rovince. Employees in Quesne l presented Jack with a power mower on his day of J OHNH. BENNET, on the Mayne retirement but Jack's thou ghts are on Is land crew, r eti red afte r 23 years a trip to his native Wales. with the Department of Highways , all of the m on Mayne Is land.

MR. MARINO "M I KE" CASSIN, Labour er on Gibsons Road Crew r e­ ti r ed at the age of 65 in October , 1964. Born in Venice, Ita ly, Mike joined the In September 1964, Harvey Saunders Department in 1959. retired after serving 24 year s with J OHN HARRISON, Labour er on La s ­ ~ the Public Works and Highways De­ queti Island r etired in November. Jo hn partments. Harvey started as a ferry­ commenced with the Depar t ment in man on the Harrop ferry in September 1954. He was born in England. 1940, and was appointed Head Ferryman on the Nelson ferry in May, 1950. MR. WILL IAM ROBERT TREMBATH When the Nelson bridge was built and Auto Mechan ic at Langfor d Garage, the fer r y service discontinued in r etired in Mar ch because of ill health. November 1957, he became a main­ Mr . Tre mbath has been em ployed with tenance man on this br idge until his the Department since 1946. r etirement. 11 Headquarters, Regions All Districts Office Managers Workshop Represented At Prince George Meeting North Vancouver The annual Region 4 Conference was held in Prince George on February 23-25, 1965, Headquarters officials attendi ng included J im Dennison,Senior Maintenance Engineer; John Harding, Senior Traffic Engineer; JackSmythe,Superin­ tendent of Equipment; E, E. Readshaw, Senior Materials Enginee r; Jim Williams, Co-ordinator of Accident Prevention­ for the Civil Ser vice Commission; and Art Schindel, Editor of the Road Runner, All regional and district officials in Region 4 att ended.

Left to right, T. Ta1TUJ, Courtenay, J. Doddridge, Nanaimo, H. G. Pidcock, Headquarters, S. J. Dixey, Regional Office, D. N. J . War­ dell, Burnside, H. Klassen, Chilliwack, S. E. Price, New Wes t­ minster. (A bsent W . H. Ryan, North Vancouver). Kamloops

Mr.Bob Harvey , Regional Highways Engineer in Prince George, ope ned the Conference and welcomed all delegates. The conference covered training and discussi on sessions on all aspects of dep artmental responsibilities, Each official Left to right, back row, Ian Pyle, B. Owen, D. R . Dean, D. Hill, O. presented a paper or led a discussion on one or more topics. King, J . A . Holmes, M . Neuilands, D. G. Bowman, J. Sutherland, One of the high lights of the conference was the annual F. Ralph, T. R . Yearsley, Regional Mechanical Superintendent, G. banquet held in the Si mon F r aser Hotel in the evening, Guest Rowland, B. Milledge. Front row, P. Fuocco , J . Gobbee , D. Hall, speaker at the banquet was Bill Jones, Superintendent of H. G. Pidcock, Office Inspector, B. W . Wolfe, Kamloops Regional Office Manager, Mrs . H. Haylmore. Works for the Cit y of Prince George. A com plete tour of the pulp mill, now under construc­ "Tudor" Loses Plum Bob tion, was also ar ranged for the visitors. Many Highways employees throughout the Province will have met Tudor Bryan, of the Location Branch, since he joined the then "Location and Construction Branch" in OBITUARIES 1943. Tudor is by na tur e very conscientious and takes great care of tools and equ ipmentfor which he is responsible; THOMASFRANK BARCLAY, age 35, died at his home ~1 :;: ~ :i\' :"It in Prince George on February 27th, 1965. Mr , Barclay '. joined the Department on July 21st, 1961, as a tractor operator, He is survived by his wife Ardith and five sons. Funeral servic es were held in st. Matthews Anglican Church on Mar ch 10, 1965, for the late JAMES RODERICK STEWAR T. Mr. Stewart died March 5, 1965, In Mills Memorial Hospital , Terrace, B,C., of a heart ailment at the age of 64. J im was a machine operator, operating graders and trucks in the Terrace area for the past 10 years. He is missed by his crew mates. Pallbearers were, Fred Green, To m Halli well, Jack Kurulok, Charlie Dumont, Homer Beck and Ron Sparks , all present or former Highway employees.

MICHAEL TITO , aged 46, Road Maintenance Foreman at Cranbro ok, B.C. died March 5, 1965, at Vancouver. needless to say, when he lost his plumb bob thi s February, JOSE PH ZITKO of Beaverdell died at the Kelowna in some of Prince Rupert's muskeg, it was li ke losing an Hospital on Decembe r 19, 1964. Mr, Zitko is survived by old and trusted friend - for this was the original plumb his wife, one son and four dau ghters, bob issued to him in 1943, Tudor is seen on the le ft of the picture. 12 Convalescents, M. Commons, Road Maintenance Foreman, Fernie, is back on the job after being ill for three months. The many friends of E. W. (Ernie) Attree, former Mechanical Superintendent, now retired, will be glad to know that he back to normal after a heart attack in Kam­ loops last fall. Norm Zaph, Director of Location, has made steady progress in the Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, after a heart attack and is now home. However, it will be some time before he will be able to return to work. The whole De­ partment joins in wishing him a speedy recovery. Mrs. Mary Percival, secretary for E.B. Wilkins and J .A. Dennison, who has had a serious spinal fusion oper­ ation is coming along exceptionally well. She is out of hospital and has gone to Nelson to recuperate. She hopes Engi neer-in- Training, Ellis Meads, at New Westminster to return to work by May 1st. Office Doc District, has been a veteran model railroader The many friends of Harry L. Cairns former Location for ten years. Recently he began to build a layout of state Engineer, now retired, 1051 Tattersal Drive, Victoria, will of Colorado narrow gauge lines. Using HOn3 scale, he is be glad to know that he is recuperating at home after a build ing replicas of the cars and buildings of that era in rather serious illness. Colo ado r ail oading, All track and switches are completely Evan S. Jones, former Deputy Minister of Highways, detail ed and the layout is about 45% completed. has been in hospital for an operation on his foot. He is He would enjoy hearing from other model railroaders. recovering well.

Byr ne Wins New Sa t Min 7. "Powd r" 5 t OH West. olf Meet The Cassidy crew are happy to see L V Iy DI cu Ion Ken Byrnes , Engineering Aide, was th e end or the winter lce and snow. A lively discussion on explosives winner of he troph y in the New West­ was a feature of the Foreman's Training mins ter dtstrtct spring golf tournament Session held March 9th in Nanaimo with held Mar ch 20, at the Chilliwack Golf 30 men attending. and c ountr y ClUb. The discussion followed a lecture by Mr. David Brown, engineer with Canadian Industries Limited. Earlier Roy Evans, Director of Management Training for the Department of Edu­ cation, spoke on management and ad­ ministration.

The men thought for a while they were in the salt mines. The attached photo­ graph shows Evert Carlson unloading salt with a push scoop and Bill Ritchie on the loader, *** Attending the meeting from Head­ Runners-up were Tom Tasaka, Dock The Smither's branch of the Govern­ quarters was, J .A. Dennison, Senior District Engineer, and Jack Cummer, ment Employee's Association held its Maintenance Engineer, and from Re­ Engineering Aide, who tied for second annual banquet and dance March 12, gion 1, W.B. Mercer, Regional Main­ place. High s core honors went to Resi­ 1965, at the Elks Hall. Approximately tenance Engineer, P, B. McCarthy, dent Engin er Winbow, who received 120 members and guests were in at­ District Engineer from Courtenay and th e booby pr tze , Others in the tourna­ tendance. Following the banquet, Mr. John Morris, District Superintendent of Nanaimo, ment wer e • W. Gittins, Ellis Mea s, L. S. Nielsen, Department of Highways Others in attendance were, Jack J ack Cummer .rr ., Jim Scott, Jim Yardman at Smithers, was presented Doddridge, Hector McLeod, Gordon Har ms , J ack Bates. It was organizedby With a gift for his services for the Dunsmore, Alex Bra y den, Milton Be rt La rsen and its succ ess will ensu r e' Assocation during t~e past eight years. Hepner, W. stewart, Lloyd Newsham, subsequent and regular tournaments. .*** * * * R. Wilson, W. Bates, Albert Connolly, Two s mall boys at a modern art A recent applicant for employment B. Ritchie, E. Hanson, H. Ingram, W. exhibit ,were start g at a wild abstract with the Department, when filling out Gaze, B. Stallybrass, A. Casagrande, painting. One of the yo u n g st e r s the Application for Employment form, G. Coughtry, R. Galloway, A. Glover, mutter ed to the other, - Let's get out gave this as the reason for leaving his A. Birchard, J. Gillen, D. Cooper, of her e before they say we did It." previous job: "tired of hard work." and E. Jennings. 13 WEDDINGS Bridge Engineers In Nation­ W ide Bridge Design Competition Three member s of the Bridge Engineer's Office in Victoria ente r ed a nation­ wide bridge desi gn competition for the 1967 Montr eal Exposition. Shown with views of their designs ar e Mr. Lloyd Ste lli ngwerff, P, En g' ., and Mr . Peter Gelin. r. Eng. Mr.Stel­ lingwerff, who was Resident Engineer In Region IV for eight year s prior to joining the Bridge design staff four year s ago. submitt ed a design in steel which in his own words - expresses the dynamics of our ti me-reaching forth to the other shore and into the future,"

Lloyd SteUingwerf{ Dave Pollock Jr. and Miss Pauline Mr . Gelin, an authority on s hell de ­ Gibbs were married November 7,1964. sign, has been with the Bridge des ign by Canon Allan Green in the Redrooffs s t aff for five yea r s dur ing which time church. Dave is Graderman in the he has presente d var ious te chnical P ender Harbour ar ea. He has been with papers to professional org anizations . the Department s ince 1947. His des ign for the competi ti on was a ** * graceful ar ch using glued laminated On October 10, 1964, Gordon A. H. timber. Townsend and Mary D. Towes were Bridges wer e designed to carr y united in marriage in the Penticton pedestrian as well as service vehicl es , Pentecostal Church. Gordon's father, over a canal In the Expo gro unds . One the Reverend A. H. Townsend. officiated Peter Gelin hundred and fift y- seven des igns were at the wedding. A reception followed s ubmitted by Canadian Engineers. With 150 guests present. Gordon and Mary ar e makin g their home in Prince Personnel or Personal George where Gordon is employed as "Of course," Bert Davies, Pe r­ Engineer Aide with the Construction sonnel Officer smlllngly r emarked, Branch. "you know the daffodil s and crocuses * ** a re blooming In Victoria." This Is Miss I. J. Burrell of the Plans and just the sort of kind r ema rk Ian Specifications Office, Vancou ver, was Ste wa r t, Distr ict Engineer , would married March 8, 1965, to Alex ander appreciate wit h over 200 Inches of C. -Bill" Maype, Joyce has been with s now pil ed up all over the district. t he Department for 27 year s . Mr . Maype Howeve r , Ber t' s pil grimage to the was formerly employed by the Depart­ hinter la nd In . ea r ly February was ment of Highwa ys as Road Foreman In app r eciated. Maybe when he visits Burnaby. agai n, Revelstoke will have some ­ The Highwaymenl thing to br ag about beside the snow­ fall.

If you are fortunate enough to visit the Revel­ " May I stoke District Office one of the first people you will Help You?" meet will be charming and vivacious stenogr aphe r , Anita Minifte, whose cheerful, "Hello, may I help you" will make your day. In case you have not already noticed (note the hardware on the ring finger) Anita is ma rried. Her husband was the former field editor for the Road Runner for this district, but modesty for bade any publicity of his spouse during his per iod in office. A native of Revelstoke, Anita has been wit h the Department since 1957 but will be leaving shor tly Wi nner8 of the Corby Curli ng Trophy in to become a mother. Her favorite hobbies are the Commercial Bonspiel at Grand Forks. bowling (average - a secret,) swimming and making were "The Highwaymen." tea for the staff. 14 Revelstoke Garage Sure To Get There

For those not familiar with the Inside of the garages, this Is what they look like. If this Is a "hive of acttvity," The above photo shows a Bombadier Muskeg tractor. where are all the workers? Some under the hood, some with Engineering Aide John Charlton. This versatile machine underneath the trucks and some just melted away because has been used on the Cassiar - Stewart Highway and is the photo was a time exposure. How many men can you find? presently being used on the wet muske g areas of the Northern Sorry, no prizes. Trans-Provincial No. 16, Prince George - McBride section. Sawmill Cree k Work On No. 16 Prince George-McBride

First load over Bailey Bridge at Sawmill Dragline removing one of the many wet Goat River Bailey Bridge constructed to Creek, Kelowna. sections of material on Highway No . 16, supply access to Project on Prince George Prince George to McBride. to McBride Highway. Cord reinforcement in progress on Bridge. Balance Rock Taking It Easy? r; fJ ;t,

Captain Joe Patterson, Senior Skipper of the Upper Arrow Lakes Ferry, started with the Department as purser on the Agassiz-Rosedale Ferry. He was promoted to Mate in 1953 and Shift Captain on the M. V. Lardeau in 1957. 1963 brought promotion to Senior Ferry Captain. Joe Is interested in golf, hunting and fishing. His family Location crews travel to all corners of British Colum­ lives in Vernon and owing to the shift s ystem on the ferry bia. Here, Resident Engineer L. B. "Ted" Floren is getting which entails half a month on dut y and half a month off, a closehand look at"Balance Rock" on Queen Charlotte Islands. Joe commutes to Vernon every two weeks. 15 The Nanaimo maintenance force recently Minor slide condition on Galiano Island. Bernard Stallybralls Galiano Road Main­ received a new Drott Yumbo and Lois tenance Foreman and local resident ex­ Osiel is very proud of the new unit. Here amine the damage. he stands in front of the unit out on the­ job .

Courtenay Garage Crew left to right, R. Randall, A . Hall, A. Stewart, B. Sutherland, Don Hutton, Engineering Aide with the Location M . Nicholson, D. Baird, J . Francheschini, G. Choquette, J. Foster and T. Mossey. Branch, and Merrill Sproul, Regional Mainten­ ance Engineer, discussing a problem in the Re ­ gional location drafting office at Nelson.

C. Simmons and A . Gredzuk with cat and Joe Proctor, Nanaimo Office Staff, is Duncan Road Foreman A. Casagrande scraper on Rosen Lake Road Construction. happy in his work. inspecting frost damage in his pavement. 16 50